The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-24

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a century they have kept vigorously
unfurled. The year otter my ap-
pointment / was called upon TO de-
liver, In conjunction with DR.. Whe.
we'll. Faraday, Sir James Paget, and
some other eminent men, one Of
series 0flectures on scientific eduoa-
ton. i then referred with serious
emphasis TO the workers in our coal
mines, and to the terrible perils OF
their occupation. l pointed 10 the
intellectual Samsons toiling with
closed eyes in the mills and forges OF
Manchester and Birmingham, and
said Give these toilers sight by
the teachings OF science, and you di-
minish the causes Of calamity, null
tiply the chances Of discovery, and
widen the prospect OF national
Advancement" Hear, hesrl
Thus carly. you will see, / was
alive 10 the importance Of technical
edssation, and / am no less alive TO
it now. You will not, therefore.
misu derstand me when i say that
TO keep technical education from
whitening. aud 10 preserve the appli-
cations oil science from decay, the
roots Of both Of them mus be we'll
imb ,dded in the soil Of original in
vestigstisn. And here let il be en-
phstically added that 10 such inves-
tigAtisn practical results may enter
as incidents. but must never usurp
the place Of aims. The true son OF
scienso will pursue his inquiries ir.
respective OF practical considera-
lions. He will ever regard the ac-
QUESTION aud expansion OF natural
fnowledse-the unravcling Of the
complex web OF nature by the disci-
plinod intellect OF man--as his no
blest ead, and not rs means 10 any
other end. Aud what has been the
upshot OF science thus pursued
Why, that the Investigator has over
and over again tapped springs Of
practical power which otherwise he
would have never reached. Illus
trations are here manifold. / might
point 10 tho Industries which aft late
themselves with Faraday's discovery
Of beuscl. and with his discovery OF
the laws OF olectrolysis. But | need
not go further than the fact that in
this car day q noble and powerful
profession has been called into exist
encc by his discovery Of magnetic
electricity.
Tho electric lamps which mildly
illuminate our rooms. the fool which
GOOD with light Of solar brillisncy our
railway stations and public halls, can
all BIO traced back 10 an ancestral
spark no small as 10 be barely visible.
With impatient ardor Raraday ro-
fused to pause in his quest OF princi-
pies 10 istonsiiy hisspark. That work
he deliberately lett TO others. oon6-
IDENTITY predicting that IL would be
accomplished. Andprompted BY mo-
tivos both natural aud lAudable, but
which had never tho slightest inau-
enoc on Faradsy, others have deyol-
oped his spark into the splendors
which now shine in our midst IL
would be . handsome jubilee present,
ii IL we're q possible one. TO roll up
the careor o. RAraday into portable
form, and offer it 10 the Queen as the
achievement Of one oil Her MJos y's
most devoted subjects during her
own rcisn. Faraday's series Of grest
discoveries. however, began In 1881 =,
which throws his work fye or sir
years too lar back. During tho rest
OF his fruitful lifo he Was q loyal son
Of tho Victorian epoch. But, pass
ing beyond the limitations Of the in
diyidual, what is science a. . whole
able 10 oGer on the golden wedding
OF the Queen with her pcoplef
A present OF the principle Of gray
itation-a handing over 10 Her Ma.
jesty Of tho bit and bride whereby
the compelling intellect a Newton
brought the solar system under tho
ybke Of physical lsvs-would surely
be Q handsome Offering. mention
this case Of known and conspicuous
grandeur In order 10 6r the value Of
another generalization which the
science Of her reign can proudly Of
Ter 10 the Queen,
Quite &C. 10 take rank with tho
principle Of grayitstion- moro mo
monteus. II that be possibls-is that
Law of conservation which combines
tho onergiee OF the material universe
into an organic whole, that Ia y
which enables tho eye OF science 10
follow tho flying shuttlos Of the uni
yersal no ser, as IL woayes what the
Earth Spirit ia Faus. calls abe
living garment OF God
This, then, Is tho largest
fewer Of the garland which the sci
enco Of tho last City years is able 10
offer 10 the Qioen. The SECOND gcn-
erali.ation Is like usto the krst in
poist oil Importance. though very un-
like a. roesrdi It's reception BY the
world. For, whereas tho principle
Of conversation, with all its
lar reaching aud. from Some
points OF view, tremcnd.
Gus implications. aid quietly
into acceptance. ia successor evoked
the thunder poals which IL Is said al.
ways accompany the marriage OF
th0ugnt ana Iact FOr long umc
the scent Of danger was In the air.
But tho evil odor is passed
away; the air is lrcsher than before;
IL 6lls our lungs aud puri6cs our
blood; aud science in il jubilee offer
log 70 the Queen il able 70 add TO
The law Of conservation the prin-
ciple OF violation. In connection
with those victories Of tho
scientific intellect, | have mon
toned .noithcr persons nor nation
alitios, holding, A. Davy expressed
IL when the Ooplcy medal was award.
cd 10 Arago. that science, like that
nature 20 which il belongs, l. neither
limited by time nor space. IL be.
longs TO the world. aud is Of no coua.
try aud no age. Still itw Il not be
counted Ohsuvinism II | say that In
the establishment Of these two great
generaliEs,ions, Her Majestys sub
jccts have Quilted themselves like
men. Wish regard TO a third gencr.
aliEation neither Ma land nor DER
I -. III